Re: Resuming apps in KitKat

Welcome to Android Central! It's technically not a "multitasking" list. The Recent Apps list shows which apps you've used recently. Some of these apps might be cached in the background so that they restart immediately where they left off, but this depends on a number of factors, like how much RAM the app takes up when active (if it takes up a huge amount, the system will likely close it out if you start doing something else), and how soon you go back to the app (if you wait a while and do other things, the system will swap the app out of RAM in favor of other apps you're using).

Yes I do swipe them away regularly as soon as I am done with them. I looked at some other threads and looked like this problem is there for all moto g devices - maybe this is how the device is programmed

Re: Resuming apps in KitKat

Originally Posted by AkkiCool

Diddy,

Yes I had clean master installed to free up some RAM and cleaning the junk files which I uninstalled. Didn't notice any change.

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Actually, what I was getting at is that apps like CleanMaster and other "RAM boosters" can cause the problem that you're seeing. If an app like that is constantly force closing apps soon after you leave them, then performance may actually suffer, since those apps have to start up all over again when you go back to them--this can include the Launcher as well. Try uninstalling or disabling CleanMaster and see if that helps.